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Beware of "Newport is Giving Away Free Carton of Cigarette to Celebrate Their 60th Anniversary" Scams

By Online Threat Alerts

The Facebook post: "Newport is Giving Away Free Carton of Cigarette to Celebrate Their 60th Aniversary," is a scam. The scam will try to trick you into sharing it by claiming that you can receive your free carton of cigarettes at the website: "nph780707f.veboot.xyz." But, the website is fraudulent, is not giving away free cases of Newport cigarettes, and is NOT associated with Newport. The post and website are only a scam to get you to comment on, "like" or share the same Facebook post and website.

Beware of "Newport is Giving Away Free Carton of Cigarette to Celebrate Their 60th Anniversary" Scams

The Facebook post: "Newport is Giving Away Free Carton of Cigarette to Celebrate Their 60th Aniversary," is a scam. The scam will try to trick you into sharing it by claiming that you can receive your free carton of cigarettes at the website: "nph780707f.veboot.xyz." But, the website is fraudulent, is not giving away free cases of Newport cigarettes, and is NOT associated with Newport. The post and website are only a scam to get you to comment on, "like" or share the same Facebook post and website.

Please continue reading below.

If you have received the same post on your Facebook Wall or Timeline, please report it to Facebook or delete it. And, do not visit the fraudulent website: "nph780707f.veboot.xyz," that was created by scammers. The scammers behind the give-away scam will change the name of the website, so look out for the same scam on different websites.

Remember, liking,commenting on and sharing the scam, will only help to spread it to other Facebook users and making the scammers responsible for it, earn money. Scammers earn money when they make a website or Facebook page popular and are able to sell it to the highest bidder, along with the names and other public information of the persons who liked or shared the scam.

I guess, the last thing we want to do is to make these scammers rich by tricking you and others into liking and sharing a Facebook post or website. So, if you have already liked or shared this scam, please unlike and unshare it.

Click here for instructions on how to remove things you have already posted on Facebook.

Remember to leave your question or comment, and read the ones made by others below. And, please report malicious, phishing or scam email messages, social media posts and websites to us. You may click here to contact us, or forward the email messages to: info@onlinethreatalerts.com .

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